Diaz, Morasco keep City Council seats

"I will have to continue to be the only one providing oversight for the residents," she said.

Diaz calls herself an advocate for ordinary Escondido residents, and is active with several environmental groups.

Diaz, who works for Interfaith Community Services, owned and operated a downtown coffee house from 2002 to 2010.

Morasco, a 1974 graduate of Orange Glen High School, runs a physical therapy business in East Valley.

Greene has attacked Morasco for not being a strong enough advocate for public safety. And he's attacked the council majority for what he calls "shortsighted" budgeting.

On Tuesday night, Greene said the early results hadn't shaken his confidence. He said absentee voters are typically more conservative than poll voters, and he said that was why Morasco did so well in the early returns.